“There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.”

“To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those of us who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman.”

“It would appear that I have tried everything except incest and folkdancing.”

“I suppose I shall drop dead in the theater, to a full house, I hope.”

“I lost count of the incidences of "We can imagine" or "It is safe to imagine" or "We can speculate" or "We can picture her" or — most revealingly — "I like to imagine": "Among all the letters that were destroyed, there was one, I like to imagine, that expressed Lucia’s gratitude to her father for persisting in his belief in her." And then again, perhaps there wasn’t.”

“i'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed or worse expelled”

“Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.”